And the gospel must first be published among all nations.
Parallel translations
- WEB The Good News must first be preached to all the nations.
- BSB And the gospel must first be proclaimed to all the nations.
- NKJV And the gospel must first be preached to all the nations.
- NASB And the gospel must first be preached to all the nations.
- NLT For the Good News must first be preached to all nations.
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Quick answer
Before the end, the gospel must first be preached to all nations. God's saving mission drives history forward.
Overview
Amid persecution, Jesus declares the unstoppable global spread of the good news. The mission to all peoples (Mark 16:15; Matthew 28:19) is God's appointed purpose for this age. Persecution itself scatters the message rather than silencing it, and the church's task until Christ returns is to proclaim the gospel to every nation.
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Cross-references · 9
- Matt 24:14And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
- Col 1:23If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
- Mark 16:15And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
- Rev 14:6And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
- Rom 10:18But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
- Col 1:6Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:
- Matt 28:18–19And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
- Rom 1:8First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
- Rom 15:19Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
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Mark drives urgently to the cross, showing Jesus the Son of God as the suffering Servant who 'came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.'
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